Etymology

Keddy

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Today it means: A surname from Scottish Gaelic. Full definition →

Scottish Gaelic Mac Adaidh
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The story

  1. Scottish Gaelic · borrowed fromMac Adaidh
  2. English todayKeddy

Contraction of McAdie and related names, anglicisations of Scottish Gaelic Mac Adaidh, derived from a diminutive of Adam. Compare Keddie.

Words from the same roots

Scottish GaelicMac Adaidh all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.